Rig Veda 10.86.20: Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Mantra 20
Sukta 10.86
Rishi: RV 10.86 dialogue cycle attribution (variable)
Devata: Indra (refrain); Vṛṣākapi addressed
Chandas: Jagatī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
धन्व च यत्कृन्तत्रं च कति स्वित्ता वि योजना । नेदीयसो वृषाकपेऽस्तमेहि गृहाँ उप विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration
dhanva ca yat kṛntatraṃ ca kati svit tā vi yojanā | nedīyaso vṛṣākape ’stam ehi gṛhā̃ upa viśvasmād indra uttarāḥ ||
Translation
How many leagues are those—across the open waste and the cut-through paths? Come nearer, O Vṛṣākapi; come home to the houses: thus Indra rises beyond all.
Word by Word
धन्वbow (weapon)
धन्व:
Karma (यत्-कृन्तत्रम् इत्यस्य सह-समुच्चितं ‘कृन्तति’ इत्यस्य कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधन्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) / धनु- (सम्बद्ध)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यत्which/that
यत्:
Karma (कृन्तत्रम् इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
कृन्तत्रम्cutter; cutting-implement (knife/axe)
कृन्तत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृन्तत्र (प्रातिपदिक; कृन्त्-धातोः कर्तृ/करण-नाम)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
कतिhow many
कति:
Karma/Prashna (संख्याप्रश्नः)
TypePronoun
Rootकति (प्रश्न-संख्यावाचक)
स्वित्indeed? / pray
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित्
इत्ताjust so; exactly
इत्ता:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्त (निपात/अव्यय; ‘इति+त’/‘इत्था’सम्बद्ध)
विapart; asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि
योजनाyokings; distances; separations
योजना:
Karma (वि-योजनाः = ‘separations/distances’ इत्यर्थे कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयोजन (प्रातिपदिक; √युज् ‘to yoke/join’)
नेदीयसःof the nearer (one)
नेदीयसः:
Apādāna/Relation (विश्वस्मात् इत्यस्य सह ‘from the nearer one’/‘than the nearer’ प्रकारे सम्बन्धः)
TypeAdjective
Rootनेदीयस् (तुलनात्मक; ‘nearer’)
वृषाकपेO Vṛṣākapi
वृषाकपे:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootवृषाकपि (प्रातिपदिक; संबोधन-नाम)
अस्तम्home; to the house
अस्तम्:
Karma (गन्तव्य-लक्ष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्त (प्रातिपदिक; ‘home’/‘setting’)
एहिcome!
एहि:
Kriyā (आह्वान-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (गत्यर्थ)
गृहान्houses; homes
गृहान्:
Karma (उप-गमनस्य लक्ष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
उपtowards; near
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप
विश्वस्मात्from everyone/everything
विश्वस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootविश्व (सर्व) (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तरःhigher; superior; further (away)
उत्तरः:
Kartā/Predicative (अस्ति-लोपे ‘(त्वम्) उत्तरः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
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